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Mud humbled in governor elections
Opposition cries foul after voters reject violent putschists
VENEZUELA’S ruling Socialists won more than two-thirds of Sunday’s regional elections — prompting opposition claims of fraud.
With one result too close to call, the United Socialist Party won 17 of 23 state governorships to the Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mud) coalition’s five. Bolivar state had yet to declare when the Star went to press.
Mud candidates won in the alliance’s Colombian border strongholds Zulia, Merida and Tachira, along with central Anzoategui and the island state of Nueva Esparta.
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